Michael lehmer



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MICHAEL LEHMER, OFOREGON, MISSOURI.

Letters Patent No. 89,670, dated May 4, 1869.

COAL-STOVE. I

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL LEHMER, of Oregon, in the county of Holt, and State of Missouri, have invented a new and improved Heater; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to'make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side View of my improved heater, part being broken away to show the construction.

Figure 2 is avertioal cross-section of the same, taken through the line a: x, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved heater, which shall be so constructed and arranged as to furnish a large amount of heating-surface, so as to utilize all the heat from the products of. combustion before they pass oif into the chimney and It consists in the construction of the heater, as hereinafter more fully described.

A'is the fire-box, which is made in the shape of an oval horizontal cylinder, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. One end of the fire-box is closed with an end-plate, and in the other end-plate is formed the door.

B is a double-walled drum, which is made in the same shape as the fire-box A, and which surrounds the said fire-box at a short distance from it. The ends of the double-walled drum B are attached to the projecting edges of the end-plates of the fire-box A, the parts of said end-plates between the fire-box A and drum B being made with numerous holes or openings through them, or in the form of lattice, or other open-work, so as to permit a free circulation of.

air between the said fire-box and drum, said air being thus brought in contact with a very large amount of heating-surface.

the interior of the drum B.

The products of combustion, after entering the drum B through the passage (1, pass entirely aroundsaid drum, and escape into the chimney through the egress-pipe D, the part of the interior of the drum B,

with which the passage 0 is connected, being separated from the part with which the egresspipe D is connected, by a partition, so as to prevent the products of combustion from passing directly into the egress-pipe D.

By this construction a very large amount of heat-v ing-surface is supplied, so that the heat is almost entirely withdrawn from the products of combustion before they escape into the. chimney.

It should be observed that the position of the egress-pipe 'D, and consequently of the passage 0, is entirely immaterial. The said pipe may be placed at the top of the heater, if desired or more convenient.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- An improved heater, formed by the combination of the fire-box A and drum B with each other, substantially in the manner herein shown and described, that is to say, in such a manner that a space may be left between the said fire-box and drum, for the free circulation of the air, as and for the purpose set forth.

MICHAEL LEHMER.

Witnesses:

JAMES Sco'rm, LEVI ZooK. 

